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By: micky

micky — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:07:20 +0000

You said;
” I would bet that most people that have been here long enough to vote do understand english quite well. ”

So if thats the case, then we can do away with multi lingual ballots , right ?

By: Jersey McJones

Jersey McJones — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:41:07 +0000

What question?

JMJ

By: micky2

micky2 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:22:59 +0000

Whatever Jersey.
It makes no logic to have the mass adapt to the one, when its so much more efficient and functional to just teach the one guy english.
This is a ridiculous arguement that we should cater to those who dont want to function in a society that has a standard of communication.
You keep arguing it from a personal and emotional level by bringing up our acceptance of accents and music and cultures when all that has nothing to with basic communication and the fucntion opf our literary infrastructure.
If someone is paralized for life in a wheel chair or disabled somehow, by all means we should accomodate that person.
I see no reason to accomodate someone who is too lazy to learn to use the facilities that an able bodied person should be able to use.
Besides that , as Greg said, its only beneficial to them to learn english for their own sake.
You still havnt answerd the question

By: Jersey McJones

Jersey McJones — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:48:44 +0000

“Society has streamlined itself to point of efficiency that with the help of liberal agendas will go backwards if they get their way.”

You sound like Marx, Micky.

JMJ

By: micky2

micky2 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:47:24 +0000

Yes, not necessary but beneficial not only to them but to the rest of the country as well.
The days of Thomas jefferson are long gone.
Society has streamlined itself to point of efficiency that with the help of liberal agendas will go backwards if they get their way.

By: Jersey McJones

Jersey McJones — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:46:26 +0000

All this talk of lingual misunderstanding.

I am ashamed that Americans have such a hard time with language. What a pathetic commentary on us.

JMJ

By: greg

greg — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:27:03 +0000

To be an American does not necessarily require one to speak English and never has. Yes, it is highly beneficial for anyone living and working in the US to speak the dominant language, and I, for one, strongly encourage everyone to speak it, but English has never been the universal language of the country. When Thomas Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase, the residents of the United States spoke not only English but German and French, not to mention a huge variety of Native American languages.

My grandmother spoke Finnish at home as that was all my great-grandparents spoke and that was the case throughout her neighborhood in Michigan. Aside from vast areas in the Southwest where Spanish has long been the primary language, there are pockets in Texas and in California where German is still the primary language. And, of course, I live in a state where the largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, and San Francisco.

By: micky2

micky2 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:49:36 +0000

A person that has any dignity , pride and integrity adapts to the people culture and surroundings, and does not expect the surroundings, culture and people to adapt to him. Life is much easier when you choose to understand everyone else. Instead of expecting them all to understand you.

By: micky2

micky2 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:40:36 +0000

O.K.
The food , music, accents,all that has nothing to do with any of this.

You’re looking at this from an emotional personal values and somewhat humanitarian basis.
I’m looking ay this as a societal structure issue.
You may not mind all of that , bit thsat doesnt make it fair to all the other people who work hard to become Americans by studying the language.
I already mentioned how the permeating of the language into the work place effects productivity. Its a waste of tax payers money to cater to lazy people.
Someone has to pay those printers JERSEY !
But since when did the left care about anyones money except their own ?
Why should I have to dig in my pocket to print up all this literature on everything from directions on the wall in the hospital to our ballots or the interpretor they hire in courts to almost every legal document in the country ?
Its not up to me or any one else to make communication functional.
It would be nice if you could answer my question on the ballot.
Since they all should know english by the time they are allowed to vote , then lets do away with bi lingual ballots, right ? And every other bi lingual document . Unless they are in grade school learning the language.
And also. Why do moonbats insist we respect other cultures so much , but it doesnt matter if American culture gets taken over and put out of balance by immigrants ?